“I never thought I could actually stay friends with an ex” Tina chuckled as she took a sip of her drink. The night after Tina’s breakup with Eric Bette had decided to take her out for a girls night to cheer her up.

“I got to admit, Eric was a good guy but I’m glad that’s over” Bette said as her eyes scanned the crowd at the bar.

“What is with you?” Tina asked “You never like any of the guys I date”

“They’re just not good enough for you” Bette answered, briefly meeting Tina’s eyes.

“Oh please” Tina replied, rolling her eyes “Take Eric for example, what was wrong about him? He’s kind, funny, handsome and he has a good job plus my parents loved him”

“I already told you that Eric was a good guy…just not good enough for you” Bette replied.

“Will someone ever be good enough for me to you?” Tina teased with her eyebrows raised.

“Probably not” Bette chuckled “Unless that person is me” she said, winking at her best friend.

“You wish” Tina laughed.

“What? You think you can do better than me?” Bette teased, enjoying their playful bantering.

“There’s no one better than you” Tina smiled lovingly at her friend before leaning forward and placing a soft kiss on her cheek. “Come on” she said getting up from her seat “Let’s go dance”

Bette was left in her seat, her fingers instinctively reaching up and touching the spot on her cheek where the blonde’s lips had just touched.

“Bette come on!” Tina called out to her and Bette quickly removed her fingers from her cheek and stood up to follow Tina out onto the dance floor.

Present time

Bette quickly walked up to Tina in the back of the café and placed a hand on her shoulder “T?”

Tina looked up and as her eyes met Bette’s she felt relieved and quickly stood up to embrace her best friend. She held on tightly to the brunette and buried her nose in her neck, inhaling the familiar scent.

“T what’s going on?” Bette asked worriedly as she held her anxious friend tightly in her arms. Tina sighed into Bette’s neck, she always felt safe in Bette’s strong arms and she hesitated breaking the hug for that reason, she felt as though her life was falling apart and she didn’t feel safe anymore so she tightened her grip on the brunette trying to gather as much strength from her as she could before slowly breaking the hug.